Shelley has two hits in Bethune-Cookman loss
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Calesha Shelley had two hits in Bethune-Cookman’s 6-0 loss to UCF Wednesday at Sunnyland Park.
The Knights (31-13) pulled away from a 1-0 game with two runs in the sixth and Samantha McCloskey’s three-run homer in the seventh.
B-CU (15-25) also got hits from Kelsey Rodney and Destinee Williams.
The Wildcats return to Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference action Friday with a doubleheader at North Carolina A&T beginning at noon. The Wildcats lead the Southern Division with a 5-1 record.
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Barker and Van Horn lead Coppin State in doubleheader loss
FAIRFAX, Va. --- Alyssa Barker and Candice Van Horn combined for five hits during a pair of defeats to George Mason Wednesday afternoon.
Van Horn, the Eagles’ leading hitter, had hits in each game of the doubleheader to extend her hitting streak to four games. She led off the Eagles’ 13-0 loss with a single. Barker had her seventh multi-hit game and second three-hit of the season during a 12-2 setback in the second game of the doubleheader. In the second game, Van Horn and Samantha Denlinger each scored runs.
Denlinger and Alanna Williams had Coppin State’s other hits in the opening game against George Mason. Kim Brown had Coppin State’s fifth hit in the nightcap that was highlighted by Barker’s team-leading eighth double of the season. Noelle Edwards recorded her first career RBI on a groundout in the fourth inning.
Coppin State (9-19 overall) concludes its 10-game road trip by visiting Bucknell for a three-game series beginning with a single game Friday beginning at 5 p.m. Bucknell and Coppin State will conclude the series with a Saturday doubleheader starting at 12 p.m.
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Terps Too Much to Handle for Hornets in Mid-week Clash
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The Delaware State softball team (22-13) found themselves down early and often on the road Wednesday evening to the ACC’s Maryland Terrapins (5-30) as the Hornets fell 10-2 in five innings.
In the first, Maryland took a 4-0 lead, headlined by a Lindsey Schmeiser solo bomb and Kylie Datil connecting for a two-run blast to left, both off starter Rachel Meagley (5-4). For Meagley, her night was short-lived as Vanessa Ciocatto (8-5) was inserted later in the frame.
The Hornets, meanwhile, got on the board during the second with catcher Sandy Hawthorne scoring from second after outfielder Jordan Stamps reached on an error. Later in the inning, DSU managed to load the bases with one out after a Danielle Velez single, but the Terps got out of the jam with outfielder Kaitlyn Slater striking out looking and infielder Chloe Oro grounding out.
Two innings later, same score, the Hornets cut the deficit in half with a two-out Nkili Matthews RBI-single, yet the Terps would answer and not look back after Oro grounded out.
For the Terps in the fourth, Erin Pronobis smacked a two-run homer to right, followed by Amanda McCann doubling to left and later scoring during the sequence off a DSU error to make it a 7-2 ball game. Maryland tacked on another run during the inning with a Candice Beards sac-fly RBI.
To close the game, Stange churned out a RBI-single and later advanced to third during the sequence after DSU’s second error of the night, ensued by a Corey Schwartz RBI-bunt to seal the win.
At game’s end, the Terps finished with 11 hits and tallied nine RBI, compared to Delaware State’s six hits as Sablay went 2-for-3 to lead all Hornet players.
Pitching wise, Kaitlyn Schmeiser (4-9) picked up the win for Maryland surrendering one earned run, a walk and fanning six DSU batters.
Coming up, the Columbia Blue & Red will return to face MEAC foe Norfolk State this Friday (1 p.m. – 3 p.m.) and Saturday (1 p.m.).
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